“The leaders of the Senate were happy Thursday with their deal to avoid a debt default. They were about the only ones,” Axios reports.
“The Band-Aid does nothing to solve the debt ceiling problem long term for Americans. Democrats fear it only kicks the can down the road to a very busy December. Republicans, meanwhile, are mad their party blinked.”


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